Shockwave Player is the web standard for powerful multimedia playback. The Shockwave Player allows you to view interactive web content like games, business presentations, entertainment, and advertisements from your web browser.

Over 200 million web users have installed the Adobe Shockwave Player. These people now have access to some of the best content the web has to offer including dazzling 3D games and entertainment, interactive product demonstrations, and online learning applications. The Shockwave Player displays web content that has been created by Adobe Director, including content made with previous versions and Director MX 2004

· Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.8.612 and earlier versions on the Windows and Macintosh operating systems. These vulnerabilities, including CVE-2010-3653, referenced in Security Advisory APSA10-04, could allow an attacker, who successfully exploits these vulnerabilities, to run malicious code on the affected system. Adobe recommends users of Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.8.612 and earlier versions update to Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.9.615 using the instructions provided above.

· This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-3653).
· NOTE: There are reports that this issue is being exploited in the wild.

· This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability in the dirapi.dll module that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-2581).

· This update resolves a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-2582).